Cargill UK Recruits Pig Research Coordinator Clare Gaukroger has joined Cargill’s pig team as research coordinator for the UK. Based in North Yorkshire, she is establ ishing trials and managing data collection, analysis and interpretation for a wide range of projects on the company’s two UK reference farms. These pig units are equipped
with trial facilities and are designed to reflect commercial UK farms. One site focuses on weaner pig performance and the other, a more recently introduced site, will look at challenges and solutions in commercial grower finisher systems. After gaining a first class honours degree in animal science
from Newcastle University, Clare spent a year as a swine technical specialist for Anpario before returning to Newcastle University to undertake a PhD in gut microbiota development in piglets and its relationship on performance. Winner of the President’s Prize at the British Society of Animal
Science conference in 2016, she was a speaker on piglet gut health at EuroTier in Germany in the same year and was also awarded a travel grant to present at the International Symposium on digestive physiology of pigs in Australia in 2018. “The pig industry is facing some real challenges, particularly
with the impending ban on the therapeutic use of zinc oxide in diets and the drive to reduce antibiotic usage,” says Dr Gaukroger. “We also have to keep pace with genetic advances and strive to achieve the animal’s potential by optimising nutritional programmes and management techniques.” The projects underway at the Cargill UK reference farms focus
on the interaction of nutrition, management and environment. “We will exchange results from our work with Cargill’s global
research teams, but it is particularly important that our findings here in the UK are used in tailoring new product and service developments to meet the needs of the UK industry,” she adds. “This will help our customers to improve productivity in a sustainable and cost-effective way.”
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Unibio Appoints New CEO to Drive Next Stage of Growth Unibio announced that it has appointed David Henstrom as its new CEO. He is expected to join the company in June 2021. This follows the decision of Henrik Busch-Larsen, the current CEO and member of the founding family, to step down from his role to pursue other business interests. Henrik will continue to serve as a board member of the company and remains one of its major shareholders. David joins from Cargill, where he has worked since 1994 across a
range of business units, most recently as Vice President and Managing Director for Growth Ventures and Commercial Excellence at the Salt Group. His long track record across Cargill’s food and nutrition businesses includes leading the formation of a joint venture with PURIS Proteins which enabled Cargill’s entry into the pea protein business. Jan Boeg Hansen, Chair of the Board, said: “Henrik has been the
driving force behind Unibio for more than a decade, and we owe him an immense debt of gratitude; we simply would not be here without him. I am delighted that Henrik will continue to stay involved with the company. I would also like to welcome David to the team. He has an exemplary track record of driving highly specialised food and nutrition businesses across Cargill’s portfolio worldwide, and his skills and experience will be invaluable as we continue the global roll out of mass production of Uniprotein®
, our leading sustainable protein.” Henrik Busch-Larsen, outgoing CEO, said: “We have arrived
at a natural point in Unibio’s development where a range of different skills are needed to take the company to the next stage. David has an incredible track record that complements Unibio’s future development areas very well and I am excited to see where he will take Unibio in the coming years.” David Henstrom, the incoming CEO, said: “Unibio is uniquely
positioned, with a sustainable protein that can be produced at an industrial scale, adding value to feed markets worldwide. They have license or production agreements with partners in three continents. I look forward to helping accelerate their expansion in the years ahead.”
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